Hello everybody. I don't know if I post in the right section, but I want to know if its possible to play some avi file with the iPad mini. I have downloaded a avi files and once I start it, I only got the sound. How can I play my video?
1. Why would you want to? AVI is generally crappy quality.
2. If you must do it, use rushplayer+. It's available in Cydia for free and plays pretty much anything very smoothly.
I'm assuming you're jailbroken since this is the jailbreak part of the forums.
I keep hearing you mention rushplayer+
Have you tried XBMC and does it offer any benefits over this?
I'm curious
I am definitely biased but I've been with Xbmc since the start.
Xbox 1 soft mod days, Apple tv2 jailbreak, iPad3 with a specific alpha build that actually natively outputs at 2048x1536 so 1080p content looks like a complex painting, and iPhone 5 as well.
Just a fanboy But it's also something that's been worked on for an incredibly long time now.
I'm tempted to get a Raspberry Pi for Raspbmc so I can have a 1080p outputtable dedicated XBMC box since ATV3 never got JB treatment and quite possibly never will.
Awesome, get the official one from the repo I posted above
Then uninstall it and get this:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/30371861/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_12.0-0~alpha7_iphoneos-arm-gpu2gpu.deb
(I say install, uninstall, then do this because I had issues when I just tried installing this in the past, it's an alpha nightly build but one from a few months ago that's been working perfect)
download via Safari Download Manager or SSH it to a folder of your choosing, then in iFile, copy and paste it to the home directory and rename it to xbmc.deb so it's easy to type out, open MobileTerminal, type "su" "alpine" "dpkg -i xbmc.deb" and then you're set, without quotes, each one a different command.
You'll have a retina-build version of XBMC. You'll be in awe.
If you only go with the official build, afaik, it's still only going to output at 1024x768 so even though it looks much better than same app on iPad 2, it's not taking full advantage of dat screen.
On iPhone 5, official build is more than fine imo.
Might want to respring and if that doesn't work, reboot.
It should show up then. Whenever you install stuff with MobileTerminal, you need to manually make sure it gets the next step.
Awesome, get the official one from the repo I posted above
Then uninstall it and get this:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/30371861/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_12.0-0~alpha7_iphoneos-arm-gpu2gpu.deb
(I say install, uninstall, then do this because I had issues when I just tried installing this in the past, it's an alpha nightly build but one from a few months ago that's been working perfect)
download via Safari Download Manager or SSH it to a folder of your choosing, then in iFile, copy and paste it to the home directory and rename it to xbmc.deb so it's easy to type out, open MobileTerminal, type "su" "alpine" "dpkg -i xbmc.deb" and then you're set, without quotes, each one a different command.
You'll have a retina-build version of XBMC. You'll be in awe.
If you only go with the official build, afaik, it's still only going to output at 1024x768 so even though it looks much better than same app on iPad 2, it's not taking full advantage of dat screen.
On iPhone 5, official build is more than fine imo.
got it! thanks for the explanation
Awesome! Easy enough right?
I uninstalled official xbmc through cydia never tried just deleting from home screen but it prolly works similarly.
Get ps3 media server, go to "transcode settings" and exempt avi,mkv,mp4 so it's not kicking up your source computers fans and diluting quality.
Then direct it to the folder you want, go to xbmc and select "UPnP" and ps3 media server source should show up.
Did you install and uninstall the official xbmc first?
Maybe if all else fails, reboot and give the process a try again
dpkg -i Filename.deb <---- it is case sensitive
Yeah, I ran into a problem. Not installing correctly from the .deb package. I tried it again, and MobileTerminal gives me an error
it says: Errors were encountered while processing:
xbmc.deb
I know, it's not very telling.
Or load up Sd cards, feed your iPad them with the camera connection kit and I believe direct xbmc to var/mnt (or if you store the files locally on the pad, direct it to wherever they are)
tried ur method but when I unpack the .deb file and it finishes there's no xbmc icon in my screen.
I keep hearing you mention rushplayer+
Have you tried XBMC and does it offer any benefits over this?
I'm curious
Hello everybody. I don't know if I post in the right section, but I want to know if its possible to play some avi file with the iPad mini. I have downloaded a avi files and once I start it, I only got the sound. How can I play my video?
If you only go with the official build, afaik, it's still only going to output at 1024x768 so even though it looks much better than same app on iPad 2, it's not taking full advantage of dat screen.
On iPhone 5, official build is more than fine imo.
Maybe if all else fails, reboot and give the process a try again
dpkg -i Filename.deb <---- it is case sensitive
You only need this Alpha7 version on an iPad mini if and only if you output the video to an external monitor via either AirPlay or the Lightning-VGA / HDMI adapter. On the built-in screen, there's no difference from the official build - as opposed to Retina-screen iPads.